Re: cannot open display: localhost:0.0

[Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl>]

Hi there


On 23/09/2018 13:48, Grzegorz Sójka wrote:

> I need to allow remote applications to connect to xorg. Since I log in 
> using lxdm i have tcp_listen=1 in /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf. Thus Xorg is 
> running without -nolisten tcp flag. Unfortunately:
>
> $ xhost +localhost; DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xterm
> localhost being added to access control list
> xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0
>
> Any suggestions??

Did you check port 6000?
root@pc6:~# netstat -anp | grep 6000
tcp   0   0 0.0.0.0:6000   0.0.0.0:*   LISTEN   2684/Xorg
tcp6  0   0 :::6000        :::*        LISTEN   2684/Xorg


Regards,
Rob